Artists of the Rust Belt will have a Last Minute Market from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown.
Vendors / artists will be offering products ranging from photographs, jewelry, furniture, crochet work, paintings and pottery as well as ...

When something happens 30 years in a row, it quits being a “Miracle.”
It’s a tradition.
That’s how long Easy Street Productions has been staging its holiday show “Miracle on Easy Street,” dating back to its days at the Uptown Theater on Youngstown’s South Side.
“At certain ...

Lee Brice will be near his second home tonight.
The singer, who will appear at Packard Music Hall, didn’t grow up in the Mahoning Valley, but his wife, Sara, is a Poland native.
When Brice headlined a 2016 concert at the Covelli Centre, he told the crowd, “My wife is from right here ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:
• If the category on “Family Feud” was, “Name a 20th century American artist” Georgia O’Keeffe definitely would be on the board.
Best known for her large-scale paintings of flowers, O’Keeffe is an icon in the art world, a ...

Violinist / Violist Wanda Sobieska will play two New Music Guild concerts this weekend.
She will be accompanied by pianist Anthony Ruggiero and clarinetist Marissa Lyerly for concerts that will include Henryk Wieniawski’s Polonaise in D Major, Bela Bartok’s Duet No. 21 Greeting for the ...

A free class will be offered from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Trumbull Art Gallery, 158 N. Park Ave., Warren.
Summerfest Director Jacki Mountan will help children of all ages create a personal Christmas card. Students also will be able to paint and take home a figurine from TAG’s ceramic ...

The Trumbull Senior Production Co. will present a Christmas show 1 p.m. Saturday at the center court of Eastwood Mall, 5555 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles.
The troupe of singers and dancers will perform holiday favorites with a finale that features 30 dancers doing “The Parade of the ...

A program called “Why in the World is THAT on the Christmas Tree?” is planned at noon Saturday in the Carriage House behind the Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave., Youngstown.
George Johnson will discuss unusual decorations and the stories or legends that caused them to be incorporated ...

Individual tickets for the national tour of “Dear Evan Hansen” go on sale 11 a.m. Friday for its June 2019 run in Cleveland.
The show won six Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical. Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the story centers on an awkward teenager raised by a single ...

With her father and brothers playing hockey and her mother an instructor, the decision to start skating came naturally to a 2-year-old Emma Astrup. Soon, she discovered the most desirable aspect of moving along a sheet of ice on a hollowed-out blade of steel less than an inch wide was the ...

YOUNGSTOWN — Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn replace Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as Ballet Western Reserve adds a Jazz Age twist to a holiday favorite.
The dance company and the Youngstown State University Jazz Ensemble are collaborating on a production of “The Nutcracker,” which will ...

With millions of records sold, songwriting credits on bestselling singles, multiple Grammy wins and a built-in audience who attend his regular schedule of concerts each year, Michael McDonald has earned the freedom to pursue any creative direction he wants.
“Music was always that search ...

Area musicians will be featured in two holiday concerts this weekend at Ford Family Recital Hall.
Howard Howell and the Point Five Band will headline the Joy of Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Friday. The band has a loyal following in the Mahoning Valley and opened for Yo-Yo Ma for his free ...

• ON SALE THIS WEEK
• Darius Rucker is reuniting with his Hootie & the Blowfish bandmates for a 2019 tour that includes shows July 21 at KeyBank Pavilion and July 26 at Blossom Music Center. Barenaked Ladies will open. Both shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Live Nation. ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:
l Two local theaters will pay tribute on Friday to Youngstown actor David El’Hatton, who died in October at age 47.
Both Youngstown Playhouse and the Oakland Center for the Arts will dim their lights before opening night of the ...

Kent State University at Trumbull Theater will present a stripped-down version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” for a one weekend run.
“We found ourselves without a holiday show, due to various issues that cropped up,” said Eric Kildow, artistic director for the theater ...

Andy Cooney will be joined by singers, musicians and dancers for an Irish Christmas, the next offering in the Warren Civic Music Association’s 2018-19 season.
Cooney, who has been called “Irish America’s favorite son” by the New York Times, has performed seven times at Carnegie Hall ...

The Rust Belt Theater Company will present the 13th annual production of “How the Drag Queen Stole Christmas” for a three-weekend run starting Friday.
An off-the-wall retelling of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” “Drag Queen” tells the story of Starrlet O’Hara, a tyrant ...